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Gandhinagar
Gandhinagar, named after the Father of the Nation, is the capital city of Gujarat . Built on the river Sabarmati it is just 32 kms away from Ahmedabad. In 1960 when the old Bombay state was partitioned into Maharashtra and Gujarat , the city of Bombay went to Maharashtra . It was then decided to construct a new capital for Gujarat . Thus came into being Gandhinagar, the second planned city in India after Chandigarh . It presents a spacious, well designed look of an architecturally integrated city. It has 30 sectors with each sector having its own shopping, health, community center and housing colonies. Extensive planting of trees and large recreational areas along the river gives the city a fresh, green garden city atmosphere. The famous temple of Swaminarayan is also built in Gandhinagar.

History of Gandhinagar
In 1960, the old Bombay state was split into Maharashtra and Gujarat , with Ahmedabad as the first capital of Gujarat . Gandhinagar was planned to be the new capital of Gujarat , and the capital was moved there in 1970. It is named after Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Porbandar in Gujarat .

The new city is spread on the banks of Sabarmati river. The main city is designed on the west bank of the river on 42.9 km² of land. The site is gently sloping, from north-east to south-west. Fine landscape lies along the west bank of the river Sabarmati.

Gandhinagar is perhaps the only new capital of a state in India that was designed and planned by Indian Town Planners - H.K. Mewada and P.M. Apte, then in service with the State Government. It is considered the ‘greenest' new town in the world. Gandhinagar comprises thirty sectors. It is a highly-structured city and has a highly ordered street grid - comprising blocks that are divided by two types of streets, similar to U.S. avenues and streets. Gandhinagar has "letter roads" (K, KH, G, GH, CH, CHH & JA) and "number roads" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7). The letter roads run parallel across the city perpendicular to the number roads. The number and letter roads intersect each other forming a grid; each block or square in the grid is given a sector number. Each intersection is marked by signal names such as CH1, CH2, CH3 or JA1,JA2.

State : Gujarat
District(s) : Gandhinagar
Coordinates : 23.15° N 72.45° E
Area : 57 km²
Elevation : 76 m
Time zone : IST (UTC+ 5:30 )
Population (2001) : 50,000
Density : 14,228/km²
Codes : Postal :382 010
Telephone :+91- 79
Vehicle :GJ-18